Vietnam: Raising delicious blood cockles, but facing the Covid-19 epidemic, the price has dropped

Published Sep 19, 2021

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The article highlights the challenges faced by blood cockle farmers, Mr. Nguyen Van Giang and Mr. Nguyen Van Ai, in Dam Doi district, Ca Mau province, Vietnam, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic has disrupted export activities, leading to a surplus of blood cockles and a significant drop in prices. As a result, farmers are finding it difficult to sell their produce at the current market prices. Mr. Giang has seen a decrease in the amount of blood cockles available for purchase daily, while Mr. Ai is struggling to find traders to buy his stock despite having a substantial harvest. Both farmers are facing financial difficulties as their investment and borrowed money are not yielding any return. Mr. Giang is holding onto the cockles in hopes of finding a way to sell them, while Mr. Ai is maintaining his farm in anticipation of an improvement in market conditions.

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Mr. Nguyen Van Giang, has more than 3 years working as a collector of blood cockles in Quach Pham commune. Previously, Mr. Giang bought 20-30 kg of blood cockles every day. However, since the Covid-19 epidemic occurred, he only bought 2-5 kg of shellfish every day from people looking for shellfish in the river. The reason is that many clues stopped purchasing because they could not export goods. Previously, the type of 100 fish/kg cost more than 100,000 VND, now it is only about 70,000 VND, but there is no focal point for consumption. Mr. Nguyen Van Ai's family (Bao Ham hamlet, Quach Pham commune, Dam Doi district, Ca Mau province) has been raising blood cockles for more than 2 years. This year alone, with a land area of 1 ha, he stocked 700 kg of scallops (about 1,000/kg), stocking density of about 100 fish/m2, cost of seed 140 million VND. After more than 8 months of rearing, oysters reached a weight of 70 fish/kg. Before the epidemic, this size of clams cost 170,000 VND/kg, now ...

Source: Danviet